There are 15% more soccer players than basketball players at a certain school. How many basketball players are there if there are 92 soccer players

Answer 1

Let's get our equation set up. If there is a certain amount of basketball players, which we will write as b, and there are 15% more soccer players, that means there is 1.15 times the number of basketball players. We can write this as:

1.15b = 92

Then, to find what b is, all we have to do is get it on one side of the equation by itself. We can do that by dividing both sides by 1.15:

(1.15b)/1.15 = 92/1.15

This gets the b on the left side alone, and we can calculate the quotient of 92 divided by 1.15 for the right side:

b = 80

Therefore, there are 80 basketball players.

Answer 2

To find this answer, we need to figure out what 85% of 92 soccer players is.

I say 85% because 100% - 15% increase in soccer vs basketball players = 85%

So 92 x 0.85 = 78.2

Rounded to 72 basketball players